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From G.W. Veale to George W. Dietzler
[page 1]
Headquarters 2nd Regt K.S.M.
Topeka Kans[.]
Oct[.] 30th 1864
To Maj[.] Genl Dietzler
Commanding Kansas State Militia
Sir
The Rebel Genl Price & his hungry horde of blood thirsty traitors, having been driven from our borders, and my Regiment this day relieved from further duty in the field, by authority of your Genl order Oct[.] 28th relieving all the Militia of the State, I desire in complyance with my duty to give as briefly as possible a few details by way of report of this twenty days campaign.
The order calling us to the defence of the border was promptly responded to both by officers & men of my Regiment. My order from you directed me to leave a detail of one Hundred men at this place for the protection of the Capital and State Archives, which I did under command of Maj. A. Stark of my Regiment, directing him at the same time to do some work by way of fortifying, which he did, and I think gave general satisfaction to all parties by his course of conduct in my absence.
I left this place with my Regiment on the morning of the 12th Oct[.], camped at Lawrence that night, moved at day light next morning on the road to Olathe. About 10 o'clk A.M. I received an order from you changing my line of march to Shawneetown. I moved in that direction and camped that night the 13th at Monticello Johnson County, moving in the morning of the 14th for Shawneetown at which place we arrived about 10 o'clk A.M. reporting to yourself in person. On the morning of the 15th in obedience to your order of reorganization and consolidation of the militia, I detached my three Infantry Companies Capts Horne, Mossman & Bank and ordered them to report to Col[.] Williamson of the Douglas County 3rd and in lieu therefor received

On October 30, 1864, this dispatch was sent by Col. G.W. Veale at Headquarters, 2nd Regiment, Kansas State Militia in Topeka, Kansas, to Maj. Gen. Dietzler, Comm. Kansas State Militia. Veale reports on a recent campaign in which his regiment moved from Topeka to Shawneetown in Johnson County, Kansas, to Jackson County, Missouri, where it fought in the Battle of the Blue on October 22, 1864. Veale states that his regiment lost 44 killed and wounded, with 68 men taken prisoner after fighting “a force six times our number for three quarters of an hour.” The dispatch includes a list of the soldiers killed and wounded in the battle.

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From G.W. Veale to George W. Dietzler
[page 1]
Headquarters 2nd Regt K.S.M.
Topeka Kans[.]
Oct[.] 30th 1864
To Maj[.] Genl Dietzler
Commanding Kansas State Militia
Sir
The Rebel Genl Price & his hungry horde of blood thirsty traitors, having been driven from our borders, and my Regiment this day relieved from further duty in the field, by authority of your Genl order Oct[.] 28th relieving all the Militia of the State, I desire in complyance with my duty to give as briefly as possible a few details by way of report of this twenty days campaign.
The order calling us to the defence of the border was promptly responded to both by officers & men of my Regiment. My order from you directed me to leave a detail of one Hundred men at this place for the protection of the Capital and State Archives, which I did under command of Maj. A. Stark of my Regiment, directing him at the same time to do some work by way of fortifying, which he did, and I think gave general satisfaction to all parties by his course of conduct in my absence.
I left this place with my Regiment on the morning of the 12th Oct[.], camped at Lawrence that night, moved at day light next morning on the road to Olathe. About 10 o'clk A.M. I received an order from you changing my line of march to Shawneetown. I moved in that direction and camped that night the 13th at Monticello Johnson County, moving in the morning of the 14th for Shawneetown at which place we arrived about 10 o'clk A.M. reporting to yourself in person. On the morning of the 15th in obedience to your order of reorganization and consolidation of the militia, I detached my three Infantry Companies Capts Horne, Mossman & Bank and ordered them to report to Col[.] Williamson of the Douglas County 3rd and in lieu therefor received